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BORN February 1837
DIED 8 April 1912 AGE 85
VC Won 21 June 1864 AGE 27
Place VC Won Tauranga, New Zealand
War/Campaign Waikato-Hauhau Maori War
Name John Murray No. 2918
VC Issue No. 320 Awards VC
Regiment 68th Regiment
Later Durham Light Infantry
Now 3rd and 5th Battalions The Rifles
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth Whigsboro, near Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Place Of Death At his sister's home, Derrinlough, near Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Buried/Location Ashes Eglish Churchyard, near Derrinlough, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Unmarked Grave Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 4 November 1864
VC Presented 5 December 1865, Brigadier-General Richard Waddy, Wanganui, New Zealand
Memorials
P Name on Victoria Cross memorial outside Durham Light Infantry museum, Durham, County Durham
By The Way…
John Murray won his Victoria Cross, at Te Ranga Pah, A Pah was a fortification, consisting of trenches and wooden stockades
VC Held By
Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads, Durham City, Co. Durham, England
